1. SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
The Seller shall be hereby obligated to deliver and sell to the Buyer malting barley, having quality indices in accordance with Items 2.1., 2.2. and 2.3. of the present contract, while the Buyer shall be hereby obligated to pay for the commodity a specified base price f.c.o. the Seller’s or the Buyer’s warehouse.
2. QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC
2.1. Malting barley traded shall be of the barley varieties, sanctioned by the State Plant Variety Commission. Outward form – normal grains, robust, whole, having the peculiar odour of this variety, characteristic of fresh and well-preserved barley, it shall not smell of mould, shall not be rotten or have other odours that are not characteristic of barley.
2.2. Base indices:
- dampness – 13 %;
- foreign material – 0 %;
- hectolitre weight – 67 kg.
2.3. Limits of permissible quality indices:
- dampness: - maximum – 14 %;
- minimum – 11 %.
- protein content - maximum 14 %, base 12 %;
- hectolitre weight – not less than 67 kg;
- germination energy after day three – not less than 90 %;
- grain foreign material – shall not exceed 4 %;
damaged, shriveled inclusive – shall not exceed 2 %;
- foreign material – shall not exceed 0.9%,
including harmful ones, which shall not exceed 0.2 %.
- infection – is not to be permitted;
- germinated grains – shall not be permitted.
The protein content shall be established at the request of either party.
Microbiological status’ determination shall be carried out in the brewery that purchases the barley, only in the presence of indications.
3. PRICES. PRICE BONIFICATION OR DISCOUNTS
3.1. For departures form the base dampness, a quantity price bonification shall be applied while increasing or decreasing the weight of the separate barley consignments by the percentage of the departure.
3.2. For content of foreign material, a quantity price bonification shall be applied while the weight shall be decreased by the percentage of the foreign material.
3.3. For departures from the base hectolitre weight, the price shall be decreased or increased by 1% per each percentage of departure.
3.4. For content of grain foreign material, a value bonification shall be made while the base price shall be decreased by 1 % for each percentage of foreign material.
3.5. When the malting barley has not been prepared and contains foreign material exceeding that permissible under the standard, a quantity bonification shall be applied for the content exceeding the standard, and the base price is to be negotiated individually.
3.6. The value bonification of the base price for the departures from the base indices of the hectolitre weight and grain foreign material shall be implemented after correction of the consignments’ weight for the departures from the base indices of dampness and foreign material content.